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And finally, the mainboard makes use of Realtek’s ALC880 AC’97 codec. It reproduces sound in the High-Definition Audio format, automatically detects devices attached to the audio connectors, and supports SPDIF connectors (the mainboard offers a coaxial output) and so on.

The parameters of this codec can be set up in the mainboard’s BIOS like shown below:

The results of my checking the audio section with RightMark AudioAnalyzer 5.5 are presented below: